Folks,
A member of a mailing list I run complained about getting his mailing list
password, in the clear, every month. Apparently this is the default for mailman
and I hadn't ever thought about it.
Having spent the requisite cognitive effort, after receiving the complaint, I
find myself unable to form a strong opinion one way or the other. (Which, by
itself, might engender a strong opinion, but that's for a different thread.)
Certainly the sending a password in the clear sounds like a terrible idea and
one might expect it to be enough to mandate turning the default off.
d/
However, these are discussion lists, not mission-critical
collaboration-and-sign-off lists. In addition, I find myself forgetting list
passwords oftend enough to think that getting a periodic reminder doesn't seem
like such a bad idea.
In other words, this seems like a mechanism worthy of legitimate pro arguments
and con arguments.
So I thought I'd ask you all for opinions...
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net